Software Engineer Task Author
Location: Remote
Compensation: Hourly
Reviewed: Fri, Jun 26, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Working remotely on a flexible, task-based contract, the Software Engineer Task Author will design authentic engineering challenges and validate AI training tasks by debugging real systems, writing fixes, and creating scoring rubrics.
Key Responsibilities
- Author realistic engineering task prompts focused on integration failures and debugging
- Write scoring rubrics to define correct fixes and validate tasks through live environment testing
- Calibrate task difficulty by adjusting complexity, log volume, and failure modes to challenge AI models effectively
Required Qualifications
- Working software engineer with hands-on, industry-level experience
- Fluency in Git, version control workflows, and code review practices
- Strong debugging skills, including reading logs and tracing failures through codebases
- Experience with infrastructure, integrations, and configuration code (APIs, services, CI/CD)
- Ability to write and verify code fixes in live or simulated environments
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